The Academic Advising Center also maintains orientation material for both online and
in-class students. Students should review this prior to their advising session.
Orientation material can be found here.

Throughout their academic careers at Webster, students work with their academic advisors
to plan their choice of University courses. The advisor helps the student choose coursework
to meet individual educational and career goals, informs students about academic policies
and procedures, and helps solve a variety of academic problems.

Ultimately, however, it is the responsibility of each student to keep apprised of
current graduation requirements for his or her particular degree program. These requirements,
as well as other university academic policies, can be found in the Graduate and Undergraduate Catalogs. Students should review this information prior to enrollment.

Veteran Mentorship Program

The Veteran Mentorship Program is a new initiative offered to student veterans on
Webster University's main campus. The program is overseen by the Office of Military
Affairs (OMA) VetSuccess on Campus Counselor (Jason Blakemore). The program will
consist of pairing up two student Veterans (an upper class UNDG or GRAD Vet student
with an UNDG Vet underclassmen) from Webster's Webster Grove campus. The program
will consist of the upper class mentor contacting the mentee twice a semester or once
per term at a minimum to achieve the following goals:

1. Create a support system for Veterans attending Webster University2. Increase in retention rates among the student Veteran population3. Increase in graduation rates among student Veterans4. Increase in awareness of resources available to student Veterans on campus5. Increase in student Veteran involvement with on-campus activities and programs:
(Student Veteran Organization, Student Government Association, etc...)

If successful, today's mentees would eventually become mentors in their upcoming years
at Webster University. Topics can vary, but each mentor will be encouraged to discuss
on-campus issues, events, and resources that pertain to academic success. Mentors
and mentees will be informed of the purpose of the program and the goals of the program
prior to being paired up.

Throughout the term/semester, Jason Blakemore (VSOC) will reach out to each mentor
and mentee to discuss challenges and successes being reported by participants. Should
students want to participate in the program or have any additional questions, please
contact Jason at 314-246-8079 or at jason.blakemore@va.gov.